They aren’t sprinting through a narrow street, laughing and tumbling over one another as they’re trailed by what appear to be hundreds of rabid teenyboppers. Nor are they charming Ed Sullivan and the American press corps, or comically falling down together in the snow while locked arm in arm, or walking to the armored car that will take them out of Candlestick Park after their last public performance – we’re way past all of that now. And they aren’t bickering in a studio or playing the single...
- 7/17/2018
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
“Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. 80,000 leagues beneath the sea it lay, or lie. I’m not too sure.”
Yellow Submarine plays this weekend (July 20th and 21st) at The Tivoli at midnight as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli midnight series.
We all live in a Yellow Submarine and Yellow Submarine is proof that an animated film doesn’t have to be rendered in a digital environment to look perfect. I saw psychedelic 1968 Beatles exactly 36 years ago at a midnight show at the Varsity Theater in St. Louis in the summer of ’82. Yellow Submarine tells of the Fab Four’s battles against the deranged Blue Meanies and their Hand Glove, which is hellbent on obliterating the unearthly paradise of Pepperland until the musicians save the day with the powers of peace, love and music. I was surprised to learn...
Yellow Submarine plays this weekend (July 20th and 21st) at The Tivoli at midnight as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli midnight series.
We all live in a Yellow Submarine and Yellow Submarine is proof that an animated film doesn’t have to be rendered in a digital environment to look perfect. I saw psychedelic 1968 Beatles exactly 36 years ago at a midnight show at the Varsity Theater in St. Louis in the summer of ’82. Yellow Submarine tells of the Fab Four’s battles against the deranged Blue Meanies and their Hand Glove, which is hellbent on obliterating the unearthly paradise of Pepperland until the musicians save the day with the powers of peace, love and music. I was surprised to learn...
- 7/16/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Just about every animated classic, from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to “Spirited Away,” from “Toy Story” to “Persepolis,” from “Fritz the Cat” to “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” hits a ruling visual style and sticks to it. But there was a moment 50 years ago when one movie cartoon got high, floating above the rules and over the cracked psychedelic rainbow.
Has there ever been an animated feature as deliriously infectious, as blissed out on its eye-candy surrealism, or as sheerly madly gorgeous as “Yellow Submarine”?
The Beatles’ celebrated cartoon feature, directed by the Canadian animator George Dunning (who had overseen the Beatles’ weekly cartoon series for ABC-tv), came out in 1968, and it’s remarkable to consider that in all the years since, no mainstream animated feature has come close to matching — or even trying to match — its majestically trippy pop-art dazzle. If “Yellow Submarine” is a movie you grew up with,...
Has there ever been an animated feature as deliriously infectious, as blissed out on its eye-candy surrealism, or as sheerly madly gorgeous as “Yellow Submarine”?
The Beatles’ celebrated cartoon feature, directed by the Canadian animator George Dunning (who had overseen the Beatles’ weekly cartoon series for ABC-tv), came out in 1968, and it’s remarkable to consider that in all the years since, no mainstream animated feature has come close to matching — or even trying to match — its majestically trippy pop-art dazzle. If “Yellow Submarine” is a movie you grew up with,...
- 7/15/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” film — which turns 50 this year — is now available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in seven countries.
The psychedelic musical animated movie features the title song, along with other iconic Beatles tunes including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.”
“Yellow Submarine” is available starting Friday, July 13, in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, Spain, France and Italy to members of Prime for no additional cost. In the U.S., Prime currently costs $119 per year; Amazon also offers standalone Prime Video subscriptions.
Amazon negotiated an exclusive streaming window on the movie for those territories under a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. The companies declined to disclose the length of the Amazon’s exclusive rights.
In addition, Prime members can now stream the “Yellow Submarine” soundtrack on Prime Music...
The psychedelic musical animated movie features the title song, along with other iconic Beatles tunes including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.”
“Yellow Submarine” is available starting Friday, July 13, in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, Spain, France and Italy to members of Prime for no additional cost. In the U.S., Prime currently costs $119 per year; Amazon also offers standalone Prime Video subscriptions.
Amazon negotiated an exclusive streaming window on the movie for those territories under a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. The companies declined to disclose the length of the Amazon’s exclusive rights.
In addition, Prime members can now stream the “Yellow Submarine” soundtrack on Prime Music...
- 7/13/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Armed with their music and the most powerful weapon of all, love, The Beatles must stop the Blue Meanies from destroying everything near and dear to the people of Pepperland. Such is the premise of the animated movie Yellow Submarine, which, in celebration of its 50th Anniversary, is returning to select theaters for special showings. And joining it will be the making of book, It’s All in the Mind: Inside The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, Vol. 2; and the graphic novel adaptation of the film from writer/artist Bill Morrison and Titan Comics. Back at the height of Beatlemania in the mid-1960s, the Fab Four signed a three-picture deal with United Artists, resulting in the box office (and soundtracks) hits A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965), after which their interest in a follow-up was virtually non-existent. Al Brodax, who had produced a Saturday morning animated series based on the...
- 7/5/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Once upon a time — or maybe twice — there was a gloriously colorful and strange film called “Yellow Submarine.” The 1968 cartoon helped usher The Beatles out of an odd, hectic period for the band and would serve as a gateway for subsequent generations of Beatles fans to come.
When “Yellow Submarine” was released in the summer of 1968, the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. But things had gotten a little rocky within the group. Their longtime manager, Brian Epstein, had died the previous summer; they endured their first flop, the British TV film “Magical Mystery Tour,” at the end of that year; they alienated some fans with a trip to India to meditate with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in early 1968; and Lennon was heavily into LSD and, in October, would be arrested on drug possession charges with his new girlfriend Yoko Ono, whose constant presence was not always embraced by the band or its fans.
When “Yellow Submarine” was released in the summer of 1968, the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. But things had gotten a little rocky within the group. Their longtime manager, Brian Epstein, had died the previous summer; they endured their first flop, the British TV film “Magical Mystery Tour,” at the end of that year; they alienated some fans with a trip to India to meditate with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in early 1968; and Lennon was heavily into LSD and, in October, would be arrested on drug possession charges with his new girlfriend Yoko Ono, whose constant presence was not always embraced by the band or its fans.
- 7/4/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Despite featuring psychedelic animation deserving of a canvas only movie houses can provide, The Congress is getting a more fitting release on VOD later this month. The lengthy history behind director Ari Folman’s follow-up to the mesmerizing Waltz With Bashir proves that you don’t have to be Richard Linklater to have the life of your passion project stretch out beyond typical production limits. Conceived in 2008, funded and shot in 2011, and finally premiered at Cannes in 2013, The Congress getting an on-demand release this month provides the ironic cherry on top of a film already awash in confounding self-awareness.
Robin Wright stars as Robin Wright, an actress of fading stature in the Hollywood system that made her famous with hits like The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump. Introduced breaking down at the sound of her agent (Harvey Keitel) recounting her rise and fall from stardom, The Congress sets out immediately...
Robin Wright stars as Robin Wright, an actress of fading stature in the Hollywood system that made her famous with hits like The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump. Introduced breaking down at the sound of her agent (Harvey Keitel) recounting her rise and fall from stardom, The Congress sets out immediately...
- 7/14/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
A couple of months ago I featured some exquisite silkscreened King Kong prints designed by the British design studio La Boca. I’ve been following La Boca’s work for the past few years and so I thought a great way to end the year would be to ask the founder of La Boca, Scot Bendall, to talk about some of their influences by sharing with us his ten favorite movie posters of all time.
Scot chose ten posters that have meaning for them as designers. “I think there have been better, and more successful, poster designs for sure—I mean, there isn’t one Saul Bass here for example!—but, the only way I could wrangle down to ten was by selecting posters that have had some personal resonance to our work. I’m also a (very amateur) Czech/Polish poster collector, so they feature quite prominently.”
Here are...
Scot chose ten posters that have meaning for them as designers. “I think there have been better, and more successful, poster designs for sure—I mean, there isn’t one Saul Bass here for example!—but, the only way I could wrangle down to ten was by selecting posters that have had some personal resonance to our work. I’m also a (very amateur) Czech/Polish poster collector, so they feature quite prominently.”
Here are...
- 12/20/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
When did a film last blow you away? The pair behind the restoration of an old silent classic about Napoleon say it's a reminder of how magnificent pure cinema can be
Napoleon is a silent film directed by Abel Gance, dramatising the youth and early career of Napoleon Bonaparte. Its most complete screening, said to be nine hours long, took place in Paris in 1927 – but this version was subsequently lost. British film-maker Kevin Brownlow saw a version as a schoolboy and subsequently restored the film to close to its original length from various prints. His restoration was first shown in London in 1980 with a score by Carl Davis. It will screen again on 30 November at the city's Royal Festival Hall.
Kevin Brownlow, restorer
It was 1953 and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein and it was awful.
Napoleon is a silent film directed by Abel Gance, dramatising the youth and early career of Napoleon Bonaparte. Its most complete screening, said to be nine hours long, took place in Paris in 1927 – but this version was subsequently lost. British film-maker Kevin Brownlow saw a version as a schoolboy and subsequently restored the film to close to its original length from various prints. His restoration was first shown in London in 1980 with a score by Carl Davis. It will screen again on 30 November at the city's Royal Festival Hall.
Kevin Brownlow, restorer
It was 1953 and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein and it was awful.
- 11/29/2013
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Moving bits of paper around (the old way) or painting with billions of pixels (the new) has conjured up some of the greatest films of all time. From The Iron Giant to Persepolis, Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best
• Top 10 war movies
• Top 10 teen movies
• Top 10 superhero movies
• Top 10 westerns
• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. The Tale of the Fox
A sneaky fox plays a series of underhand tricks on his neighbours in the animal kingdom, among them a timorous hare and a gullible wolf. The king of the beasts, a lion, summons him to face charges but the fox proceeds to outwit everyone, including the king himself. When Ladislas Starevich told this tale in the 1930s it was by no means new – versions of the Reynard story had been circulating around Europe for the best part of a millennium – but the...
• Top 10 war movies
• Top 10 teen movies
• Top 10 superhero movies
• Top 10 westerns
• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. The Tale of the Fox
A sneaky fox plays a series of underhand tricks on his neighbours in the animal kingdom, among them a timorous hare and a gullible wolf. The king of the beasts, a lion, summons him to face charges but the fox proceeds to outwit everyone, including the king himself. When Ladislas Starevich told this tale in the 1930s it was by no means new – versions of the Reynard story had been circulating around Europe for the best part of a millennium – but the...
- 11/20/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
This beautiful poster for Xan Cassavetes’s vampire yarn Kiss of the Damned, which opens in theaters today, was designed and illustrated by Akiko Stehrenberger, whom I interviewed in 2010 after having selected her Funny Games poster as my favorite movie poster of the last decade.
I asked Akiko recently if she would choose ten of her all-time favorite posters to share with us, to give us an idea of her influences and aesthetic leanings, but first of all we spoke about the inspiration behind this delightfully retro poster. She told me how she was definitely inspired by the work of the great American poster illustrator Bob Peak (1927-1992).
“I took notes from his Petulia and Funny Girl, where things fall away to white and become a simplified graphic element. This falling away to white technique, I also incorporate into my own personal portrait work.”
“I also took a big lead...
I asked Akiko recently if she would choose ten of her all-time favorite posters to share with us, to give us an idea of her influences and aesthetic leanings, but first of all we spoke about the inspiration behind this delightfully retro poster. She told me how she was definitely inspired by the work of the great American poster illustrator Bob Peak (1927-1992).
“I took notes from his Petulia and Funny Girl, where things fall away to white and become a simplified graphic element. This falling away to white technique, I also incorporate into my own personal portrait work.”
“I also took a big lead...
- 5/3/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
I love Paul Driessen. Very long ago (1977!) when I was head of acquisitions and international sales for the Santa Monica based short film distributor Pyramid Films, we had Paul Driessen's wonderful short animation, The Killing of an Egg (02'50 / Holland 1977). We sold it to businesses who were holding meetings for inspiring sales, bolstering morale, to schools and libraries. It became one of our best selling shorts. In 2000 he was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short 3 Misses.
And now the Dragon of Dragons Award, the award for life achievement granted annually by the 53rd Krakow Film Festival to be held May 26 to June 2, 2013, goes to the Dutch-Canadian animator Paul Driessen.
The Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. Among previous winners there are such well-known artists as Kazimierz Karabasz, Allan King, Albert Maysles, Werner Herzog, Stephen and Timothy Quay, Raoul Servais, Jerzy Kucia and Jonas Mekas. Last year, for the first time a woman - Helena Trestíková, the author of the famous documentary Rene, become a laureate.
Paul Driessen was born in 1940, in Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. He drew cartoons from an early age, in 1964 he graduated from the Art Academy in Utrecht and was offered a job as an animator at a commercial animation film & TV studio in Hilversum, near Amsterdam. In 1967 he was invited by George Dunning to work on his Beatles’ story “The Yellow Submarine”, which now is considered a forerunner for modern intertextual animations for adults like “Shrek”, “Futurama”, “South Park” or “The Simpsons”.
In 1970 Paul Driessen emigrated to Canada and started a freelance animation career, working mainly for the National Film Board of Canada. Since 1976 he also animated and directed many of his films for independent producers in The Netherlands. Driessen's unique style can be easily recognised by the incessantly wobbling lines and smooth movements of his characters. As a narrator he often uses split screen technique, while keeping the story integrated.
In the 1980s Driessen started teaching animation at the University of Kassel, Germany, after Jan Lenica. He continued till 2005 and under his guidance two of his student's films, "Balance" (1989) by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and “Quest” (1996) by Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach, won Academy Awards.
Paul Driessen has won over 50 international awards for his work. He was honored with life achievement awards at the animated film festivals in Ottawa (1984) and Zagreb (2002), in 1987 Asifa Hollywood presented the Annie Award to him for "his distinguished contribution to the art of animation". In 2005 he was given the Special Golden Dinosaur Award at the Etiuda & Anima Film Festival in Krakow. In 2000 his short film, interlocking three tales of damsels in distress, “3 Misses” earned him an Oscar nomination.
Lately he wrote and illustrated a couple of books - “The Fiddle Fumble Stories” series, typical of the style which characterizes the rest of his work. Paul Driessen is currently working on a new animated short, a coproduction between Canada and The Netherlands.
Paul Driessen Website
Filmography:
“The Story of Little John Bailey” (6', The Netherlands 1970)
“Le Bleu Perdu” (7', Canada 1972)
“Air!” (02'00 / Canada 1972)
“Au bout du Fil” (“Cat's Cradle”) (10', Canada 1974)
“Une Vieille Boîte” (“An Old Box”) (9', Canada 1975)
“David” (7', The Netherlands 1977)
“The Killing of an Egg” (2', The Netherlands 1977)
“On Land, at Sea & in the Air” (10', The Netherlands 1980)
“Jeu de Coudes” (“Elbowing”) (6', Canada 1980)
“Home on the Rails” (“Treinhuisje”) (10', The Netherlands 1981)
“Une Histoire comme une Autre” (“The Same Old Story”) (3', Canada 1981)
“Oh what a Knight” (3', The Netherlands 1982
“Spotting a Cow” (“Het Scheppen van een Koe”) (6', The Netherlands 1983)
“Tip-Top” (7', Canada 1984)
“Sunny Side Up” (“Spiegeleiland”) (3', The Netherlands 1985)
“Traingang” (1'), “Getting There” (1') (Expo Vancouver, Canada 1986)
“The Writer” (“De Schrijver en de Dood”) (12', The Netherlands 1988)
“Uncles & Aunts #1” (2', The Netherlands 1989)
“The Water People” (24’ & 13', The Netherlands-Japan 1992)
“Uncles & Aunts #3” (3', The Netherlands 1992)
“The End of the World in 4 Seasons” (12', Canada 1995)
3 Misses (10', The Netherlands 2000)
“The Boy who saw the Iceberg” (12', Canada 2000)
“2D or not 2D” (17', Canada-The Netherlands 2004)
“2D or not 2D -The ShortCut” (12', Canada-The Netherlands 2004)
“Oedipus” (13', Canada-The Netherlands 2011)
Participation:
“The Yellow Submarine” (feature length / Tvc, UK 1969)
“Tiki-Tiki” (feature length / Potterton Productions, Canada 1970)
“The Happy Prince” (27', Potterton Productions, Canada 1974)
“Le Rejeton” (12', Onf, Canada 1977)
“Anijam” (15', International Rocketship, Canada 1985)
“Elephantrio” (9', Nfb, Src, Canada 1986)
“Candyjam” (6', J. Priestly, Canada 1988)
“Pink Komkommer” (11', International Rocketship, Canada 1991)
“Paul Driessen Inside-Out” (52', Documentary, The Netherlands 2002)
“The 7 Brothers” (12', Kaj & Paul Driessen / CinéTé, The Netherlands 2008)
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And now the Dragon of Dragons Award, the award for life achievement granted annually by the 53rd Krakow Film Festival to be held May 26 to June 2, 2013, goes to the Dutch-Canadian animator Paul Driessen.
The Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. Among previous winners there are such well-known artists as Kazimierz Karabasz, Allan King, Albert Maysles, Werner Herzog, Stephen and Timothy Quay, Raoul Servais, Jerzy Kucia and Jonas Mekas. Last year, for the first time a woman - Helena Trestíková, the author of the famous documentary Rene, become a laureate.
Paul Driessen was born in 1940, in Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. He drew cartoons from an early age, in 1964 he graduated from the Art Academy in Utrecht and was offered a job as an animator at a commercial animation film & TV studio in Hilversum, near Amsterdam. In 1967 he was invited by George Dunning to work on his Beatles’ story “The Yellow Submarine”, which now is considered a forerunner for modern intertextual animations for adults like “Shrek”, “Futurama”, “South Park” or “The Simpsons”.
In 1970 Paul Driessen emigrated to Canada and started a freelance animation career, working mainly for the National Film Board of Canada. Since 1976 he also animated and directed many of his films for independent producers in The Netherlands. Driessen's unique style can be easily recognised by the incessantly wobbling lines and smooth movements of his characters. As a narrator he often uses split screen technique, while keeping the story integrated.
In the 1980s Driessen started teaching animation at the University of Kassel, Germany, after Jan Lenica. He continued till 2005 and under his guidance two of his student's films, "Balance" (1989) by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and “Quest” (1996) by Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach, won Academy Awards.
Paul Driessen has won over 50 international awards for his work. He was honored with life achievement awards at the animated film festivals in Ottawa (1984) and Zagreb (2002), in 1987 Asifa Hollywood presented the Annie Award to him for "his distinguished contribution to the art of animation". In 2005 he was given the Special Golden Dinosaur Award at the Etiuda & Anima Film Festival in Krakow. In 2000 his short film, interlocking three tales of damsels in distress, “3 Misses” earned him an Oscar nomination.
Lately he wrote and illustrated a couple of books - “The Fiddle Fumble Stories” series, typical of the style which characterizes the rest of his work. Paul Driessen is currently working on a new animated short, a coproduction between Canada and The Netherlands.
Paul Driessen Website
Filmography:
“The Story of Little John Bailey” (6', The Netherlands 1970)
“Le Bleu Perdu” (7', Canada 1972)
“Air!” (02'00 / Canada 1972)
“Au bout du Fil” (“Cat's Cradle”) (10', Canada 1974)
“Une Vieille Boîte” (“An Old Box”) (9', Canada 1975)
“David” (7', The Netherlands 1977)
“The Killing of an Egg” (2', The Netherlands 1977)
“On Land, at Sea & in the Air” (10', The Netherlands 1980)
“Jeu de Coudes” (“Elbowing”) (6', Canada 1980)
“Home on the Rails” (“Treinhuisje”) (10', The Netherlands 1981)
“Une Histoire comme une Autre” (“The Same Old Story”) (3', Canada 1981)
“Oh what a Knight” (3', The Netherlands 1982
“Spotting a Cow” (“Het Scheppen van een Koe”) (6', The Netherlands 1983)
“Tip-Top” (7', Canada 1984)
“Sunny Side Up” (“Spiegeleiland”) (3', The Netherlands 1985)
“Traingang” (1'), “Getting There” (1') (Expo Vancouver, Canada 1986)
“The Writer” (“De Schrijver en de Dood”) (12', The Netherlands 1988)
“Uncles & Aunts #1” (2', The Netherlands 1989)
“The Water People” (24’ & 13', The Netherlands-Japan 1992)
“Uncles & Aunts #3” (3', The Netherlands 1992)
“The End of the World in 4 Seasons” (12', Canada 1995)
3 Misses (10', The Netherlands 2000)
“The Boy who saw the Iceberg” (12', Canada 2000)
“2D or not 2D” (17', Canada-The Netherlands 2004)
“2D or not 2D -The ShortCut” (12', Canada-The Netherlands 2004)
“Oedipus” (13', Canada-The Netherlands 2011)
Participation:
“The Yellow Submarine” (feature length / Tvc, UK 1969)
“Tiki-Tiki” (feature length / Potterton Productions, Canada 1970)
“The Happy Prince” (27', Potterton Productions, Canada 1974)
“Le Rejeton” (12', Onf, Canada 1977)
“Anijam” (15', International Rocketship, Canada 1985)
“Elephantrio” (9', Nfb, Src, Canada 1986)
“Candyjam” (6', J. Priestly, Canada 1988)
“Pink Komkommer” (11', International Rocketship, Canada 1991)
“Paul Driessen Inside-Out” (52', Documentary, The Netherlands 2002)
“The 7 Brothers” (12', Kaj & Paul Driessen / CinéTé, The Netherlands 2008)
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Kff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/krakowfilmfest
Kff on Blip: http://krakowfilmfestival.blip.pl/...
- 4/8/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Animation director on the Beatles film Yellow Submarine
The animation director Jack Stokes, who has died aged 92, had an energetic career that lasted more than 50 years, of which the highlight was his work on the Beatles' groundbreaking animated feature film Yellow Submarine (1968).
Jack's connection with the Fab Four was first established in 1965, when the London animation studio Tvc was commissioned to produce an animated television series The Beatles. It was a great ratings success in the Us, although it was never shown in the UK. Made to the typical standards of TV cartoons at that time, it showed no hint of what was to come with the feature film.
He was contacted by the Beatles again to do the animated titles and inserts on their Magical Mystery Tour film, which aired on the BBC on Boxing Day 1967. The following year came Yellow Submarine: there was barely a script to work from,...
The animation director Jack Stokes, who has died aged 92, had an energetic career that lasted more than 50 years, of which the highlight was his work on the Beatles' groundbreaking animated feature film Yellow Submarine (1968).
Jack's connection with the Fab Four was first established in 1965, when the London animation studio Tvc was commissioned to produce an animated television series The Beatles. It was a great ratings success in the Us, although it was never shown in the UK. Made to the typical standards of TV cartoons at that time, it showed no hint of what was to come with the feature film.
He was contacted by the Beatles again to do the animated titles and inserts on their Magical Mystery Tour film, which aired on the BBC on Boxing Day 1967. The following year came Yellow Submarine: there was barely a script to work from,...
- 3/28/2013
- by Roger Mainwood
- The Guardian - Film News
Shrek, Futurama, and Marge and Homer would not have come into being without the Beatles' subversive masterpiece, says Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein
Going to see Yellow Submarine is my first memory ever. And it's a doozy. A world-shaking, world-shaping event. It was the early 1970s and I was taken to see the movie on a big screen. It blew my young, impressionable six-year-old mind and I'm pretty sure it's what sent me on a career path in animation. I'm just glad my parents took me to see that and not A Clockwork Orange.
There have been some excellent books about the making of the film (I highly recommend Inside the Yellow Submarine by Dr Robert Hieronimus), so rather than blab on about the back story, I would rather talk about what happened after the yellow sub surfaced in 1968 and shot its torpedoes through traditional animation. Because in my opinion, Yellow Submarine...
Going to see Yellow Submarine is my first memory ever. And it's a doozy. A world-shaking, world-shaping event. It was the early 1970s and I was taken to see the movie on a big screen. It blew my young, impressionable six-year-old mind and I'm pretty sure it's what sent me on a career path in animation. I'm just glad my parents took me to see that and not A Clockwork Orange.
There have been some excellent books about the making of the film (I highly recommend Inside the Yellow Submarine by Dr Robert Hieronimus), so rather than blab on about the back story, I would rather talk about what happened after the yellow sub surfaced in 1968 and shot its torpedoes through traditional animation. Because in my opinion, Yellow Submarine...
- 11/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
We all live in a Yellow Submarine with a Blu-ray player and the new Blu-ray of Yellow Submarine is proof that an animated film doesn’t have to be rendered in a digital environment to look perfect in hi-def. I hadn’t seen the psychedelic 1968 Beatles film in exactly 30 years, since I caught a midnight show at the Varsity Theater in St. Louis in the summer of ’82. Yellow Submarine tells of the Fab Four’s battles against the deranged Blue Meanies and their Hand Glove, which is hellbent on obliterating the unearthly paradise of Pepperland until the musicians save the day with the powers of peace, love and music. Watching the new Blu-ray with an audio commentary by producer John Coates, I was surprised to learn (and even more surprised I didn’t already know) that the speaking voices of the animated boys were provided by John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes,...
- 6/20/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Once upon a time.or maybe twice.there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland.
The Beatles. classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on June 5th in North America. The film.s songtrack album will be reissued on CD on the same date.
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film.s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled .Mod Odyssey. (Trt: 7:30), the film.s original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates...
The Beatles. classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on June 5th in North America. The film.s songtrack album will be reissued on CD on the same date.
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film.s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled .Mod Odyssey. (Trt: 7:30), the film.s original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates...
- 5/22/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored and will be presented on the big screen in select theaters across the United States in May. Emi and Apple Corps Ltd. have teamed with D&E Entertainment (www.DandEentertainment.com) to give Beatles fans of all ages the opportunity to come together and share in this visually stunning movie and soundtrack. On May 5 at the famed Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, Yellow Submarine will start its theatrical campaign with an 8pm screening.
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr.and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand,...
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr.and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand,...
- 5/1/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The classic 1968 animated feature "Yellow Submarine" showcasing music by the Beatles continues to be carefully restored frame-by-frame for a special DVD release May 28, 2012.
'Specialists' have been working for months to individually clean each frame of the film by hand, according to Beatles' holding company Apple Corps Ltd.
Automated software was not chosen for the restoration, because of the delicate nature of the hand-drawn artwork.
The musical fantasy depicts surreal cartoon versions of the Beatles and images from some of their psychedelic songs, with compositions including "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Eleanor Rigby".
"Yellow Submarine", directed by George Dunning for United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate, is set in 'Pepperland', a paradise protected by "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
But the land falls under a surprise attack by the music-hating 'Blue Meanies' who seal the band inside a music-proof bubble, immobilizing the Pepperlanders and draining the countryside of color.
'Specialists' have been working for months to individually clean each frame of the film by hand, according to Beatles' holding company Apple Corps Ltd.
Automated software was not chosen for the restoration, because of the delicate nature of the hand-drawn artwork.
The musical fantasy depicts surreal cartoon versions of the Beatles and images from some of their psychedelic songs, with compositions including "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Eleanor Rigby".
"Yellow Submarine", directed by George Dunning for United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate, is set in 'Pepperland', a paradise protected by "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
But the land falls under a surprise attack by the music-hating 'Blue Meanies' who seal the band inside a music-proof bubble, immobilizing the Pepperlanders and draining the countryside of color.
- 4/29/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
As a child growing up, I loved cartoons. At that time (the 1950s and early 1960s), that’s a bit like saying that I loved breathing. There were cartoons on Saturday morning, and cartoons every afternoon. The movie theater near my Grandmother’s house had Saturday matinees that were three hours of cartoons.
But I loved comic books more.
My husband, John Tebbel, was the first animation maven I ever met. He not only knew the difference between Disney and Warner Brothers, but he knew the individual directors, and quickly taught me how to spot Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. He explained who the Fleischer Studio was and why I should care.
We went to animation festivals in Ottawa, Canada and Annecy, France. I saw films by George Dunning that weren’t Yellow Submarine. I met Bill Scott and June Foray. We would go to the...
But I loved comic books more.
My husband, John Tebbel, was the first animation maven I ever met. He not only knew the difference between Disney and Warner Brothers, but he knew the individual directors, and quickly taught me how to spot Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. He explained who the Fleischer Studio was and why I should care.
We went to animation festivals in Ottawa, Canada and Annecy, France. I saw films by George Dunning that weren’t Yellow Submarine. I met Bill Scott and June Foray. We would go to the...
- 4/27/2012
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
Apple has digitally remastered the 1968 film, which was out of print for years, and are planning the full reissue treatment
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine will resurface in May. The 1968 movie and album are getting the full reissue treatment, including audio commentary, a making-of documentary and a meticulous restoration of the original cartoon.
It may not be the Beatles' greatest work, but Yellow Submarine is definitely their most colourful, with the four mop-topped heroes battling the pernicious Blue Meanies. Directed by George Dunning, the animated feature has been out of print for years. That will change on 28 May, when Apple Corps will unveil the new DVD and Blu-ray editions as well as the repackaged soundtrack on CD.
The film's new version is apparently a fancy 4k digital restoration, conducted by a team at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Instead of relying on automated software, the "delicate nature" of the...
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine will resurface in May. The 1968 movie and album are getting the full reissue treatment, including audio commentary, a making-of documentary and a meticulous restoration of the original cartoon.
It may not be the Beatles' greatest work, but Yellow Submarine is definitely their most colourful, with the four mop-topped heroes battling the pernicious Blue Meanies. Directed by George Dunning, the animated feature has been out of print for years. That will change on 28 May, when Apple Corps will unveil the new DVD and Blu-ray editions as well as the repackaged soundtrack on CD.
The film's new version is apparently a fancy 4k digital restoration, conducted by a team at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Instead of relying on automated software, the "delicate nature" of the...
- 3/21/2012
- by Sean Michaels
- The Guardian - Film News
The classic 1968 animated feature "Yellow Submarine" showcasing music by the Beatles continues to be carefully restored frame-by-frame for a special DVD release May 28, 2012, with 'specialists' working for months to individually clean each frame of the film by hand, according to Beatles' holding company Apple Corps Ltd.
Automated software was not chosen for the restoration, because of the delicate nature of the hand-drawn artwork.
The musical fantasy depicts surreal cartoon versions of the Beatles and images from some of their psychedelic songs, with compositions including "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Eleanor Rigby".
"Yellow Submarine", directed by George Dunning for United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate, is set in 'Pepperland', a paradise protected by "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
But the land falls under a surprise attack by the music-hating 'Blue Meanies' who seal the band inside a music-proof bubble, immobilizing the Pepperlanders and draining the countryside of color.
Automated software was not chosen for the restoration, because of the delicate nature of the hand-drawn artwork.
The musical fantasy depicts surreal cartoon versions of the Beatles and images from some of their psychedelic songs, with compositions including "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Eleanor Rigby".
"Yellow Submarine", directed by George Dunning for United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate, is set in 'Pepperland', a paradise protected by "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
But the land falls under a surprise attack by the music-hating 'Blue Meanies' who seal the band inside a music-proof bubble, immobilizing the Pepperlanders and draining the countryside of color.
- 3/20/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on May 28 (May 29 in North America). The film’s songtrack album will be reissued on CD on the same date.
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr.and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled “Mod Odyssey” (Trt: 7:30), the film’s original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates and art director Heinz Edelmann, several brief interview clips with others involved with the film,...
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr.and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled “Mod Odyssey” (Trt: 7:30), the film’s original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates and art director Heinz Edelmann, several brief interview clips with others involved with the film,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In less than a month the SXSW Film Festival will kick off (Friday, March 9, to be exact), and the line-up keeps getting better and better. The festival has announced some exciting additions to their already-stellar line-up including the Sundance hits Safety Not Guaranteed, Searching for Sugar Man, Chasing Ice, Shut Up and Play the Hits, Sleepwalk with Me along with the world premiere of Steve Taylor‘s Blue Like Jazz, and Todd Rohal‘s Nature Calls. They have also added the Oscar nominated Montreal film Monsieur Lazhar which we have championed since its World Premiere at Tiff.
You can find the lineup of today’s film announcements below, and check the entire schedule, complete with both screening and conference dates and times, at www.sxsw.com/film.
Narrative Spotlight
Blue Like Jazz
Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson
A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of...
You can find the lineup of today’s film announcements below, and check the entire schedule, complete with both screening and conference dates and times, at www.sxsw.com/film.
Narrative Spotlight
Blue Like Jazz
Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson
A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of...
- 2/16/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
We're inching closer and closer to the start of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival running March 9-17, 2012 in Austin, Texas, and today they announced a few more films and the complete panels lineup.
Of the new features and shorts added, only one is pure horror, but there's also classic film screening during the fest that deserves mention no matter what:
Coffin Joe’s This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse with live score by Gary Lucas (Brazil) - Special Event - Saturday, March 17, 12:00 noon-1:47 Pm - Alamo Ritz 1
Director/Screenwriter: Jose Mojica Marins, Screenwriter: Aldenora De Sa Porto
Cast: Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe, Tina Wohlers, Nadia Freitas, Antonio Fracari, Jose Lobo
Gary Lucas’ live original solo guitar soundtrack accompanying the legendary 1967 Brazilian cult horror film classic directed by and starring Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe.
Yellow Submarine...
Of the new features and shorts added, only one is pure horror, but there's also classic film screening during the fest that deserves mention no matter what:
Coffin Joe’s This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse with live score by Gary Lucas (Brazil) - Special Event - Saturday, March 17, 12:00 noon-1:47 Pm - Alamo Ritz 1
Director/Screenwriter: Jose Mojica Marins, Screenwriter: Aldenora De Sa Porto
Cast: Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe, Tina Wohlers, Nadia Freitas, Antonio Fracari, Jose Lobo
Gary Lucas’ live original solo guitar soundtrack accompanying the legendary 1967 Brazilian cult horror film classic directed by and starring Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe.
Yellow Submarine...
- 2/16/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
After a few announcements, the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival has firmed up their schedule, adding a number of notable films including a few we saw at Sundance. Among them include the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits (review here), Mike Birbiglia‘s Sleepwalk With Me (review here) and Safety Not Guaranteed (review here) starring Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass. Also jumping out as one of my most-anticipated is Todd Rohal‘s The Catechism Cataclysm follow-up Nature Calls, with Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville and Rob Riggle. Check them all out below for the festival kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Spotlight
Blue Like Jazz
Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson
A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of his religious upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at ‘the most godless campus in America.’ Based on the New York Times bestseller by Donald Miller.
Narrative Spotlight
Blue Like Jazz
Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson
A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of his religious upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at ‘the most godless campus in America.’ Based on the New York Times bestseller by Donald Miller.
- 2/15/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
This should be it. After revealing the initial wave of narratives, headliners and docs, of Midnighters and short films, the South By Southwest film festival has unveiled its final list of additional features, as well as a complete run down of panels expected to be held during the multi-day March extravaganza. A few jump out at me at first glance. SXSW is bringing the Sundance time-travel comedy Safety Not Guaranteed to Austin. As we reported, FilmDistrict grabbed the distribution rights while in Park City, though I.m anxious to see it before it hits theaters. Additonal audience faves from Sundance making the trip to Austin this year include the musical documentary Searching for Sugar Man, Mike Birbiglia.s Sleepwalk With Me, and Shut Up and Play the Hits, about the final days of the LCD Soundsystem. Also, SXSW plans a special screening of George Dunning.s Yellow Submarine, with a...
- 2/15/2012
- cinemablend.com
While Richard Ayoade’s Submarine soars to great critical heights before its release on Friday there’s bad news for Robert Zemeckis’s planned remake of the 1968 animated Beatles movie Yellow Submarine.
THR have just reported that due to the low box office haul of its latest animation Mars Needs Moms, which Zemeckis had a producer’s credit on, Disney have dropped his Yellow Submarine project and it now languishes in murky waters with an increasingly unlikely chance that it’ll be rescued by another studio willing to take on the project.
What relevance this will have to the Spielberg/Jackson fronted The Adventure of Tintin is unclear – Mars Needs Moms is nowhere near as valuable or recongisable as Herge’s classic creation and while I thought that Mars Needs Moms didn’t need to be in mad with CG performance capture this may be a sign that audiences are tired of it too.
THR have just reported that due to the low box office haul of its latest animation Mars Needs Moms, which Zemeckis had a producer’s credit on, Disney have dropped his Yellow Submarine project and it now languishes in murky waters with an increasingly unlikely chance that it’ll be rescued by another studio willing to take on the project.
What relevance this will have to the Spielberg/Jackson fronted The Adventure of Tintin is unclear – Mars Needs Moms is nowhere near as valuable or recongisable as Herge’s classic creation and while I thought that Mars Needs Moms didn’t need to be in mad with CG performance capture this may be a sign that audiences are tired of it too.
- 3/15/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While I cannot get too excited for Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap update of the 1968 animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine, the casting announced today on Heat Vision blog perks a few iotas of interest.
Firstly Peter Serafinowicz as Paul McCartney is the highlight for me, one of the funniest people around at the moment (his twitter is a constant guffaw-fest) and there’s very few people who can do a decent portrayal of Paul McCartney, Thomas Sangster missed nailing it in Sam Taylor-Wood’s recent Nowhere Boy, but Serafinowicz is the man Zemeckis picked and I think he’ll do it justice.
Cary Elwes will play George Harrison, Dean Lennox Kelly is Lennon and the man chosen to blister up his fingers on the drums as Ringo is Adam Campbell.
So, if the remake will follow the sublimely surreal original, the only two parts of note to cast are Old Fred (my pick is Albert Finney,...
Firstly Peter Serafinowicz as Paul McCartney is the highlight for me, one of the funniest people around at the moment (his twitter is a constant guffaw-fest) and there’s very few people who can do a decent portrayal of Paul McCartney, Thomas Sangster missed nailing it in Sam Taylor-Wood’s recent Nowhere Boy, but Serafinowicz is the man Zemeckis picked and I think he’ll do it justice.
Cary Elwes will play George Harrison, Dean Lennox Kelly is Lennon and the man chosen to blister up his fingers on the drums as Ringo is Adam Campbell.
So, if the remake will follow the sublimely surreal original, the only two parts of note to cast are Old Fred (my pick is Albert Finney,...
- 1/12/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I'm not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you can find a listing of the top 20 entries below: 1. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) David Hand 3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe 4. Fantasia (1940) 5. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter 6. Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki 7. Yellow Submarine (1968) George Dunning 8. Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003) Sylvain Chomet 9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) Trey Parker 10. Robin Hood (1973) Wolfgang Reitherman 11. Bambi (1942) David Hand 12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Isao Takahata 13. Dumbo (1941) Ben Sharpsteen 14. Gandahar (1988) René Laloux 15. The Iron Giant ...
- 10/8/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
The Walt Disney Studios, The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd. , And Oscar®-Winning Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis Dive Into New Magical 3D Adaptation Of The 1968 Classic Yellow Submarine
Anaheim, California — September 11, 2009 — The Walt Disney Studios has made a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. to develop a new 3D performance capture adaptation of the 1968 hit animated film “Yellow Submarine” to be written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, it was announced today at the D23 Expo by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. The film will be created by ImageMovers Digital, Disney’s state-of-the-art performance capture animation studio operated in conjunction with Zemeckis and his partners, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey, who will serve as producers on the project.
For this fantastic new voyage to Pepperland, Zemeckis will incorporate the16 Beatles songs and recordings from the original motion picture licensed from Sony/Atv Music Publishing LLC and Emi-Capitol Records, respectively. The songs include “All Together Now,...
Anaheim, California — September 11, 2009 — The Walt Disney Studios has made a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. to develop a new 3D performance capture adaptation of the 1968 hit animated film “Yellow Submarine” to be written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, it was announced today at the D23 Expo by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. The film will be created by ImageMovers Digital, Disney’s state-of-the-art performance capture animation studio operated in conjunction with Zemeckis and his partners, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey, who will serve as producers on the project.
For this fantastic new voyage to Pepperland, Zemeckis will incorporate the16 Beatles songs and recordings from the original motion picture licensed from Sony/Atv Music Publishing LLC and Emi-Capitol Records, respectively. The songs include “All Together Now,...
- 9/12/2009
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
It’s days like today that I both love and dread where it’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the new bits of news spilling into my inbox. This just in from D23 Expo, Disney, Robert Zemeckis, and Apple Corps are coming together for a 3D, motion capture adaptation of the 1968 animated film ‘Yellow Submarine.’ Zemeckis will be writing and directing the new adaptation with performance capture being handled by ImageMovers Digital. Zemeckis will be including all 16 Beatles songs from the original film including “All You Need is Love,” “Eleanor Rigby,” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
Said Disney chairman Dick Cook about the announcement:
This is truly an inspired collaboration, and a wonderful opportunity to revisit one of the most imaginative and memorable musical fantasies of all time. To be working with the amazing folks at Apple Corps, and to have Bob helming the sub is...
Said Disney chairman Dick Cook about the announcement:
This is truly an inspired collaboration, and a wonderful opportunity to revisit one of the most imaginative and memorable musical fantasies of all time. To be working with the amazing folks at Apple Corps, and to have Bob helming the sub is...
- 9/11/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Disney and director Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers are developing a 3-D Yellow Submarine film for 2010, remaking The Beatles 1968 animated feature. New spin-offs will include fresh merchandising, a Broadway musical and Cirque du Soleil stage production. Zemeckis secured access to 16 original Beatles songs including "Baby You.re a Rich Man," "All You Need Is Love," "When I.m 64," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Sgt. Pepper.s Lonely Hearts Club Band". The plan is to incorporate the 3-D performance-capture format utilized on the upcoming A Christmas Carol feature. Premise of director George Dunning's original Yellow Submarine is set in 'Pepperland', an undersea paradise protected by 'Sgt. Pepper.s Lonely Hearts Club Band', who are captured by the 'Blue Meanies, until the 'Fab Four' Beatles are summoned to save the day. Sneak Peek the 1968 trailer from Yellow Submarine...
- 8/20/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Disney and Robert Zemeckis are joining forces to develop a remake of Yellow Submarine, the 1968 animated feature based on music by the Beatles. Just like Zemeckis’ Polar Express and the upcoming A Christmas Carol, the new Submarine will utilize 3-D performance-capture. The storyline of the original Yellow Submarine, directed by George Dunning, was set in Pepperland, an undersea paradise protected by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. When the band is captured by the music-hating Blue Meanies, a soldier is sent to Liverpool to fetch the Fab Four, who hop in the submarine and save the day. The Beatles appeared only in the film’s closing live-action scene. Actors provided the voices for the animated incarnations of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Apparently the project has been in the works for months, with time being spent on securing the rights to the Beatles music. Zemeckis...
- 8/20/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is teaming up with Walt Disney to develop a new "Yellow Submarine," a 3D movie paying tribute to The Beatles. The film is an updated version of George Dunning's 1968 movie of the same title, and Disney apparently wants to have it ready by summer 2012.
Variety says the studio has been working to seal the deal for quite some time, considering the whole rights thing has been quite messy. In the end, everything went well enough, and Zemeckis now has access to 16 Beatles songs, including "Baby You’re a Rich Man," "All You Need Is Love," "When I’m 64" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."...
Variety says the studio has been working to seal the deal for quite some time, considering the whole rights thing has been quite messy. In the end, everything went well enough, and Zemeckis now has access to 16 Beatles songs, including "Baby You’re a Rich Man," "All You Need Is Love," "When I’m 64" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."...
- 8/20/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Joel Hopkins' "Last Chance Harvey," the romantic comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, has been added to the lineup of AFI Fest 2008 as one of the festival's Centerpiece Screenings. The film, which Overture will release Dec. 26, will have its world premiere at the fest on Nov. 8 at the ArcLight Hollywood Cinerama Dome.
The festival, which runs Oct. 30-Nov. 9, also has added five other titles to its schedule: Juan Taratuto's "Boyfriend for My Wife"; Anna Chi's "Dim Sum Funeral"; Ella Lemhagen's "Patrik 1.5"; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Tokyo Sonata"; and George Dunning's animated Beatles film "Yellow Submarine."...
The festival, which runs Oct. 30-Nov. 9, also has added five other titles to its schedule: Juan Taratuto's "Boyfriend for My Wife"; Anna Chi's "Dim Sum Funeral"; Ella Lemhagen's "Patrik 1.5"; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Tokyo Sonata"; and George Dunning's animated Beatles film "Yellow Submarine."...
- 10/14/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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